Wed, Jul 21 10 03:47 PM
Cho Kwang-rae has been appointed coach of the South Korean national soccer team, the Korean Football Association (KFA) said on Wednesday.
Gyeongnam FC boss Cho replaces Huh Jung-moo, who stepped down after guiding the Asian side to the second round of the World Cup finals in South Africa last month.
"We had been looking into two or three candidates, including Cho, and the technical panel unanimously opted to select Cho as the next national team coach," chairman of the KFA's technical committee Lee Hoi-taek told the Yonhap News agency.
"Cho is enterprising and always trying to catch new trends of world football like England, Germany, Italy and Brazil."
The former South Korean midfielder's first match in charge will be the home friendly against Nigeria on Aug. 11.
"It's a great honour to be the national team coach," Cho, 56, said.
"I'm not scared of taking the helm of the national team. I've been working hard to be a good leader. I want to make a team that will bring joy to the Korean people."
Cho's first major task will be to win the Asian Cup in Qatar, which begins in January.
The twice champions have been drawn with Australia, Bahrain and India in Group C of the 16-team tournament.
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